RPC VI, 5704 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5704 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Tryphon (asiarch, of equestrian rank)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΟ ΑΙΛ ΤΡΥΦΩ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ Α(?) ΙΠΠΙΚΟΥ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ποπλίου Αἰλίου Τρύφωνος ἀσιάρχου αʹ ἱππικοῦ Ἀπαμέων ἐπὶ Πο(πλίου) Αἰλ(ίου) Τρύφω(νος) ἀσιάρχου αʹ ἱππικοῦ Ἀπαμέων
Translation under Publius Aelius Tryphon, asiarch, of equestrian rank, of the Apameans
Reverse design lion advancing, right; above, cista; to right, long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 33.07 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 462 = Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 1016